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Laurie Graham

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Novelist, script writer, blogger, politically incorrect ratbag and rubbish pianist. Types and opines with two fingers. Often growls but rarely bites.
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49th Shelf: All Canadian Books

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By Tahmina Afshar, Natasha Donovan, Laurie Graham
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As a mother of four kids, it may seem wild for me to share this, but I find the institution of motherhood oppressive: the impossible standard mothers must live up to, the myopic understanding of who mothers are and what they can do. The whole archaic notion brings to mind the smell of wet clothes that have been left in the washing machine too long. Almost more than oppressive, I find this conventional idea of motherhood boring. Depressing even. It denies  mothers their multitudes.
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49th Shelf: All Canadian Books

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By Natasha Donovan, Laurie Graham, Delores V. Mullings
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Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 400 titles currently in print. It stands out as one of Canada’s most distinctive independent publishers as the Winner of the Jim Douglas Publisher of the Year Award, awarded by the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (2007 and 2020). Arsenal Pulp Press is also a five-time finalist, Small Press Publisher of the Year, Canadian Booksellers Association (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014).
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49th Shelf: All Canadian Books

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By Tahmina Afshar, Laurie Graham, Delores V. Mullings
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The latest book in Hetxw'ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson's Mothers of Xsan series is The Cedar Mother, the story of Nox Sim Gan, whose life cycle spans centuries and whose roots anchor the landscape. The award-winning Mothers of Xsan series is part of a larger vision to share the worlds of the Gitxsan Nation. * "The Gitxsan hold immense respect and reverence1 for Nox Sim Gan.
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